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Under fire on Capitol Hill, Google has boosted its political muscle by creating its first political action committee. Because many of us are SEO's and GENERALLY not political (At least on ThreadWatch) I included inside what a PAC is.

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PAC's are political groups that are not formally related to a particular political party, but are associated with other groups (like labor unions, corporations, etc.). PAC's try to influence elections and candidates by giving money to them so that they can later have laws passed that would favor their group.

"This is very, very symptomatic of the way high tech has evolved in California," said Larry Gerston, political science professor at San Jose State University and an expert on Silicon Valley politics. "These companies started out with an entrepreneurial spirit and a feeling that what was important was the product and the people, so they didn't have to care about politics. But as they become more sophisticated, they realized that politics could either protect them or hurt them."